Rural Schools Collaborative Competitors

WestEd, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit research, development, and service agency, operates with a clear vision to support thriving learners and empowered communities. We apply unrivaled expertise to significant questions and important issues related to learning, working across education, health, justice, policy, labor, child welfare, and other disciplines to create positive results for clients and communities. We hire and partner with curious, insightful people with a passion for learning. More than half of our staff hold advanced degrees. Our culture is professional, responsible, and reliable. WestEd has 13 offices nationwide, from Washington and Boston to Arizona and California. Our corporate headquarters are in San Francisco. Learn more about job openings and life at WestEd by visiting WestEd.org/careers. Stay up to date on the latest research and receive timely insights by subscribing to WestEd's E-Bulletin: https://www.wested.org/subscribe/

Founded in 1978, RCAC provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals. Since 1978, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. RCAC’s work includes environmental infrastructure (water, wastewater and solid waste facilities); affordable housing development; economic and leadership development; and community development finance. These services are available to communities with populations of fewer than 50,000, other nonprofit groups, Tribal organizations, farmworkers, colonias and other specific populations. Headquartered in West Sacramento, California, RCAC’s employees serve rural communities in 13 western states and the Pacific islands. With an annual operating budget of more than $15 million and more than 100 employees working from 52 field offices, RCAC is an important resource to low-income rural communities throughout the West

The Southern Regional Education Board works with states to improve education at every level, from pre-K through Ph.D. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Atlanta, SREB was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region. Member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.